Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 1

Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 1 is the second soundtrack album by the cast of the musical drama television series Empire which airs on Fox. The album includes songs that featured during the second season of the show. It was released on November 20, 2015.

Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200, selling 22,000 copies in the first week. As of April 2016, the album has sold 114,000 copies in the US.

Critical response
AllMusic gave the album a score of three out of five, commenting that "much like the show itself, the quality of songs has become somewhat uneven" and that the album's standout track is "Boom Boom Boom Boom". Entertainment Focus gave the album four out of five stars, based on the deluxe version of the album. They felt that eight bonus tracks were the best on the album.

Personnel
Executive music producer Soundtrack album producers Music supervisor Executive in charge of music for 20th Century Fox Television Executive in charge of music for Columbia Music coordinator Music production for Fox Music production liaison
 * Timbaland
 * Timbaland
 * Ne-Yo
 * J.R. Rotem
 * Teal Douville
 * Swizz Beatz
 * Thomas "Da Hitman" Goodlett
 * Jen Ross (Format Entertainment)
 * Geoff Bywater
 * Shawn Holiday
 * Simone Sheffield
 * Carol Farhat
 * Robin Simms

Soundtrack coordination Periscope Studio manager Mastered by Art direction and design Executive producers
 * Nicole Fox
 * Sebastien LeTellier
 * Michael Nels
 * Mark Santangelo
 * Dave Kutch
 * Dave Bett
 * Taylor Diglio
 * Brian Grazer
 * Francie Calfo
 * Danny Strong
 * Lee Daniels
 * Ilene Chaiken